River Glen Park

River Glen Park, oil 6x6. This is the park right around the corner from me. I went out there one day with a friend and painted with a pallet knife what I saw. This is a take off from that painting, but done with loose brush strokes, the red behind the tree is an elementary school, which I did not paint, but I did add a colored shape, could be anything. Just another note, when looking at this after posting this I went back to my studio and changed it a bit, and re-posted works better for me now.

Storm Clouds

Storm Clouds, oil 6x6. This is from a photo I took when driving from Sante Fe to Taos New Mexico. I am not trying to capture what the photo did, but what it feels like when I paint it, with loose brush strokes and abstract shapes.

Two more Skyscapes

SOLD Yellow Lupin, oil 6x6. This is from what I see when I am out at Ano Neuvo, the trails during spring and summer are full of yellow lupin,

Shasta Sky, oil 6x6. I have been requesting skyscapes from everyone and anyone I know. This is from a photo that my friend Nancy sent me of a sky by Shasta lake. I have simplified and made the photo a bit abstract. Very fast and loose, brush stokes without blending the oils.

After Peets

After Peets, oil 6x6. Before I go to my studio in the morning I get a coffee at Peets. One day the sky was cloudy and as I walked to my car I from the back of Peets I looked up from the parking lot and saw these shapes. Breaking it just down to shapes and color this is how I saw.

Work in process and The Mountain

This is a photo of how I'm working. The 50/50 show gave all artist 50 6x6 panels for the show, all 70 artist have the same size and format to start with. Each artist has a theme, and they are all doing different types of art. Should be very cool.

 

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The Mountain, oil 6x6. This is from a photo I took from my phone when I was on my way to San Lusio Obispo, the Mountains have all these lines, and shapes and all kinds of greens.

Rows to the Clouds

Rows to the Clouds, oil 6x6. Once again a minds view of what I see when I am driving the highways through California's farm land. All kinds of abstract shapes.

Looking up at Portola Pastures

Portola Pastures, oil 6x6. A few time I went out to paint at Portola Pastures, a horse ranch off of hwy 280, none of the outside paintings worked out, but I did take a great picture. The picture has been used many times. In fact a few students have also painted from the photo. This is very abstract and the orange is of my own creation, but the structure and shapes  comes from the photo I took.